As we look to extend telehealth flexibilities this year, we must reauthorize these centers to ensure our states are keeping up with the most recent technology and sharing their expertise so patients can have access to the care they need.
Work to extend telehealth flexibilities and reauthorize Telehealth Resource Centers so states can support telehealth technology and patient access to care.
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Evidence
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The May 7, 2026 House calendar lists H.R. 3419 as a bill to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. It says the bill was reported Oct. 3, 2025, passed the House Apr. 21, 2026, and was received in the Senate and referred to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Apr. 22, 2026.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee release says Chairman Brett Guthrie and Health Subcommittee Chairman Morgan Griffith issued a statement following House passage of H.R. 3419. Griffith said he led the Health Subcommittee in advancing policies that improve health care access. The release says H.R. 3419 reauthorizes the Telehealth Network Grant Program and Telehealth Resource Centers.
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Public Law 119-75, section 6209, extends certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities by replacing January 2026 expiration dates with December 31, 2027 dates for originating-site/geographic flexibilities, eligible practitioners, FQHC/RHC telehealth services, audio-only services, and hospice telehealth recertification rules.
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HHS states that recent legislation authorized an extension of many Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027, including home-based non-behavioral telehealth, no geographic restrictions, all eligible Medicare providers, and FQHC/RHC distant-site status through that date.
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The House report says H.R. 3419 would reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs at HRSA through FY2030. It records a July 16, 2025 Health Subcommittee hearing, a Sept. 10, 2025 subcommittee voice vote, and a Sept. 17, 2025 full committee 48-0 vote to report the bill.
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Griffith's office said the Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on bills including H.R. 3419, which it described as preserving and promoting telehealth and telemedicine in patient treatment.
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In his markup opening statement, Griffith discussed the Telehealth Resource Centers Grant Program Reauthorization Act, noted that the University of Virginia was the resource center for his district, and linked reauthorizing the program to broader work to extend telehealth flexibilities.
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GovInfo describes H.R. 3419 as an act to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. The listed action is: received, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Apr. 22, 2026.
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The telehealth-flexibilities part was enacted in federal law, so that portion was delivered during the term. Griffith also materially advanced the Telehealth Resource Centers reauthorization through hearings, subcommittee markup, committee reporting, and House passage, but the bill had only been received in the Senate and was not yet enacted. Because one major component was completed and the other remained pending, the overall promise is partial rather than fully delivered.
The telehealth-flexibilities portion was enacted in Public Law 119-75, extending key Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027. Griffith also materially advanced the Telehealth Resource Centers reauthorization through his Health Subcommittee, including hearing, markup, committee reporting, and House passage of H.R. 3419. However, the TRC reauthorization had only passed the House and was still pending in the Senate, so the full promised outcome was not finally delivered.